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Children & Young People Grants in South East

Browse 67 funders supporting children & young people charities in South East.

South East charities working in children & young people can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 67 funders currently listed, South East has strong coverage for children & young people projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Children & Young People grants directory and the South East regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to children & young people funders
When applying for youth-focused grants, demonstrate robust safeguarding policies and evidence that all staff and volunteers hold current DBS checks. Funders expect to see that young people have a genuine voice in project design and delivery — describe how you involve youth in decision-making through advisory panels, co-production workshops, or peer-led activities. Present measurable outcomes tied to recognised frameworks: NEET reduction figures, educational attainment improvements, wellbeing score changes, or progression into employment and training. Make your delivery model age-appropriate, showing that activities and communication methods are tailored to the specific age range you serve rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. Include clear transition planning that explains what happens when participants age out of your programme — how you ensure lasting impact and connect young people to ongoing support. If your work targets specific vulnerable groups such as looked-after children or young carers, reference the evidence base for your approach and any partnerships with statutory services. Strong applications in this space balance ambitious vision with practical, evidence-informed delivery.

Children & Young People Funders in South East

67 funders found

A G Manly Charitable Trust

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The A G Manly Charitable Trust, also known as The Manly Trust, was established in 1991 by Graham Manly OBE in memory of his father Alfred Manly, both ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust

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The Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust is an independent, family-led grant-making charity established in 1987 by James Philip van den Bergh via a s...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Bedgebury Foundation Trustee Company

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The Bedgebury Foundation Trustee Company advances education as a transformative force to break barriers for disadvantaged children and young people, p...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Berkeley Charitable Foundation

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The Berkeley Charitable Foundation, established in 2011 by the Berkeley Group, is a corporate foundation dedicated to empowering young people and comm...

Grant Range
Up to £90,000

Berkshire Community Foundation

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Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) is a locally-focused UK charity serving as Berkshire’s philanthropic hub, raising and distributing funds to grass...

Grant Range
£300 - £20,000

Betty Riseley Trust for Children

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The Betty Riseley Trust for Children embodies compassion, community spirit, and inclusivity to enrich lives of children and young people under 18 in S...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Blagrave Trust

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The Blagrave Trust is an independent endowed foundation established in 1978 under the wills of Herbert and Peter Blagrave, restructured as a Charitabl...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Boltini Trust

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The Boltini Trust is a family charitable trust founded by Anthony Bolton, a former investment fund manager, and registered in England and Wales (chari...

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Contact funder

Bouttell Bequest

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The Bouttell Bequest is a legacy-driven charitable trust with a mission to alleviate hardship and promote wellbeing for vulnerable individuals through...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Buckinghamshire Community Foundation

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Buckinghamshire Community Foundation, operating as Heart of Bucks, serves as a catalyst for social change by connecting philanthropy to local causes, ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund

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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund drives the Trust's strategic aims by funding enhancements beyond statutory NHS provision, elevati...

Grant Range
Up to £20,000

Cantiacorum Foundation

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Cantiacorum Foundation, established on 1st April 2011 by the late Donald Beerling MBE and Mrs Poppy Beerling, is an independent charitable funder dedi...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Celia Blakey Charitable Trust

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The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust, established in 1971 by philanthropist Celia Sainsbury (later Blakey) and registered in 1972, is a discretionary gra...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Chalk Cliff Trust

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Chalk Cliff Trust is a family-led charitable foundation with a mission to advance grassroots charitable activity benefiting local communities through ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Chapman Charitable Trust

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The Chapman Charitable Trust, established in 1963 by Marjorie Chapman and her family—who continue as trustees—supports UK-registered charities tacklin...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Charity of Stella Symons

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The Charity of Stella Symons, established in 1968 by deed of settlement and registered in 1969, is a generalist grant-making trust dedicated to suppor...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust

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The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust perpetuates Lady Charlotte's philanthropic legacy through targeted grantmaking advancing arts, cultural p...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund

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The Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund, established in 1955 as a charitable trust, supports effective youth provision for Jewish children and yo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust

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The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust, registered in 2014 as a grant-making charity rooted in the Oldfield family's philanthropic legacy, drives lo...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £250,000

Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust

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The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, an independent grant-making charity founded in 1969 by Sir James Colyer-Fergusson, is dedicated to improving li...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £60,000

Community Foundation for Surrey

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The Community Foundation for Surrey, established in 2005, is an independent grant-making charity inspired by the global community foundation movement,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Cranleigh and District Lions Club (CIO)

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Cranleigh and District Lions Club (CIO), registered in 2019 with roots tracing back to 1974, is a volunteer-led community charity embodying Lions Club...

Grant Range
£200 - £2,000

Csis Charity Fund

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The CSIS Charity Fund is an independent UK charity, operating for over a century and formally established as a charitable company in 2008, dedicated t...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £75,000

Daisie Rich Trust

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The Daisie Rich Trust honors the legacy of Winifred Daisie Rich through a mission advancing care, kindness, and community spirit exclusively for Isle ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

David Brownlow Charitable Foundation

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The David Brownlow Charitable Foundation drives positive social change by enhancing lives of disadvantaged individuals and communities through persona...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Doris Field Charitable Trust

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The Doris Field Charitable Trust, established from a wartime nurse's legacy of community care, pursues general charitable purposes for public benefit,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust

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The Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust is a family-led foundation embodying stewardship, heritage responsibility, and community flourishing through...

Grant Range
£250 - £10,000

E H Smith Charitable Trust

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The E H Smith Charitable Trust, family-founded in 1944, embodies community responsibility by reinvesting business profits to uplift local communities ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

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The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (EKCT), established in 1963 by Ernest and Joan Kleinwort, is a family-led grant-making foundation dedicated to m...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Ewelme Exhibition Foundation

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The Ewelme Exhibition Foundation, formally established in 1897 but tracing its roots to a 1437 charitable endowment by William and Alice de la Pole, i...

Grant Range
£100 - £5,000

Farnham Lions Club (CIO)

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Farnham Lions Club (CIO) is a community-rooted charity embodying the global Lions ethos of 'We Serve' through compassion, humility, practical problem-...

Grant Range
£50 - £10,000

Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund

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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund is a volunteer-led grantmaker rooted in Farnham's community spirit, channeling proceeds from local events in...

Grant Range
£250 - £3,000

Gatwick Airport Community Trust

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Gatwick Airport Community Trust is an independent grant-making charity established in 2002 through a legally binding agreement between Gatwick Airport...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Gilbert Hannam Education Foundation

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The Gilbert Hannam Education Foundation, rooted in 17th-century philanthropy, advances education for disadvantaged youth through social mobility, acce...

Grant Range
£50 - £3,000

Greaves & Withey Foundation

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The Greaves & Withey Foundation, formerly the Robin Greaves Foundation, is a family-led independent charity established by the Greaves and Withey fami...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation

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Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation drives positive social change by funding grassroots organizations and community groups tackling p...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Hendy Foundation

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Hendy Foundation is an independent grantmaker established in 2018, rooted in family philanthropy traditions, with a mission to strengthen local commun...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Hollick Family Foundation

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The Hollick Family Foundation, an endowed charitable trust established in 1997 by Lord Clive Hollick in London, manages a £40 million endowment to dis...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Horley Lions Club (CIO)

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Horley Lions Club (CIO), established in 1963 as part of Lions Clubs International, is a volunteer-led community organisation formed by local residents...

Grant Range
£100 - £2,000

Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust

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The Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust advances public education in music and appreciation of its art and science, rooted in founder Humphrey...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £12,000

Ian Askew Charitable Trust

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The Ian Askew Charitable Trust, established in 1972 by philanthropist Ian Askew, is an independent UK grant-making trust dedicated to advancing genera...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Innholders' Charitable Foundation

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The Innholders' Charitable Foundation, established in 2014 as the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Innholders—a City of London Livery Compa...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Isle of Wight Foundation

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The Isle of Wight Foundation, established in 2014 by a consortium of private sector companies including Island Roads, Meridiam, and Vinci Concessions,...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £16,000

Janet and Bryan Moore Charitable Trust

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The Janet and Bryan Moore Charitable Trust is dedicated to enhancing and uniting rural communities through grants that preserve heritage and foster co...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Kent Community Foundation

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Kent Community Foundation strengthens resilient, inclusive, thriving local communities by channeling philanthropy to grassroots charities tackling dis...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Lawrence Atwell's Charity (Skinners' Company)

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Lawrence Atwell's Charity, established in 1588 by Exeter Skinner Lawrence Atwell and administered by the Skinners' Company, is dedicated to freeing di...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited

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London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited, operating as the London Marathon Foundation and founded in 1981 by marathon co-founders, champions the life-...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £80,000

Lovington Foundation

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The Lovington Foundation is a family charitable trust established in 2013 by James Lupton CBE (charity number 1151072), governed by Lord and Lady Lupt...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Midcounties Co-Operative Community Fund

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The Midcounties Co-Operative Community Fund, established in 2011 by The Midcounties Co-operative Limited, is a registered charitable fund dedicated to...

Grant Range
£100 - £2,000

Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement

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The Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement, known as the Miss Lawrence Trust, was established in 1973 by Miss Winifred Lawrence to support chari...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

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